CVE-2019-9788 Memory corruption in Firefox

What is CVE-2019-9788?

CVE-2019-9788 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 26 Apr 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Mozilla developers and community members reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 65, Firefox ESR 60.5, and Thunderbird 60.5. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort that some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.6, Firefox ESR < 60.6, and Firefox < 66.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-9788?

It affects 6 products.

Products include Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird, Redhat Enterprise Linux, Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus.

How do I fix CVE-2019-9788?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2019-9788 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-9788 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox

• CVE-2019-11708 Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Sandbox Escape Exploited Critical 10.0
• CVE-2010-3765 Mozilla Multiple Products Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-26486 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2022-26485 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2019-11707 Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Type Confusion Exploited High 8.8

All Mozilla Firefox vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-9788, GHSA-3fgc-rx9f-4j2g, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-9788.